The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-21
A BRUTAL PAPER WELL ANSWERED.

opinions OF each others honesty or purpose were
undoubted
BRUTAL PAPER WELL ANSWERED.
Union Soldier, Now an Editor, Blisters the |
Chicago Times for an Infamous Article.
Viuton tIa.1 Observer. S. A. Marine, Editor. :
Now is the renaissance of skulkne COT wards |
who spent their fury during the upon help |
less widows and defenseless children. The cop |
perhead is again out of his hole The Chicago |
Times was notable den for these savages in
ambush during the years that men OF courage
were IN the trenches, both North and South.
This swash-tub for all that is hellish and deprav
ing is just now filled with the most insulting ep
ithets for the old soldier, by whom written no.
body knows. Here are a few samples:
Thank God! the caimagents the demagogues the
dead beats and pordoseros and deserers and coffee
coolers and bounty jumpers composing our great
standing army of volunteer mendicants have been de
feated Which of these ctizens-the
rebel soldier who is supporting himself and contrib
uting to the support of the government by depending
his country who is lying down at the door Of poor
house unless the bidders for his vote e) opening his
mouth and yelling for teat to suck-is the worthier
member and the capable supporter and defender
| of the commonwealth The Times says without
hesitation: The ex-rebel, the man who is support
| ing the government we'll himself by his
| industry, energy and thrift is incomparably
| better citizen and stronger pillar of the state
than the savior of his country who is begging the
| government to put premium on pauperism and i'm
providence by giving him support from the earnings
| OF the industrious and worthy. The
truth is the Times has observed before in this dis
cusson there is in the nature Of the volunteer hero
| something that nclines him TO the profession of
mendcancy; something that tends to divest him of
the manly character and respect of the indepen
dent citizen, and to degrade him to the status of
servile dependent or incapable pauper. That this
is the degrading tendency also OF the socaled Grand
Army mutual self glorfcation societies there appears
ample evidence. The Times is. therefore. in agree
ment with its correspondent, who says 1T will be
happy day for this Republic when the last beggar of
the Grand Army humbug is securely planted and the
last old confederate has been dumped into another
| hole. with couple of cartloads OF rock on top of
him."
What is this thing which the writer quoted,
| is pleased to call The Times?" 1t is simply a
| wealthy impersonality 1t is a money-built
| fortress where depraved and blasphemous brutes
| and towards may hide their personality and hurl
| the javelin of cynicism against every sacred
tenet of society and merciessly attack, under
| cover of THE Times" the purest convictions of
the human heart. Does anyone think, for a
moment, that the author of the above caumny
would dare attach his signature to it, Certainly
not. Were he to do so the first veteran who met
him the street would break the shell of his
putrd brain in twinkling-and he knows It
There should be q remedy against such
skulkng newspaper warfare. The writer of
every editorial in such sheet ought
| to be compelled by law to sign his name to the
article. Let his identity be disclosed so that an
indignant public may deal with him. AS an en-
envy of society the beastly villain who, under
cover of darkness. assaults innocent chastity is
harmless compared to the author of the article
quoted from. Here is the qnintessence of stud
led treason. 1t is fragrant insult to the mem-
ory and honor of the volunteer soldiery that
must ever be depended upon as the unfailing re-
source in time of danger. 1t is attack upon
the ever-sacred sentiment of loyalty which is a
defense for the weak-the refuge of the Nation
a sentiment which, like outer sentry, is
faithful and quick to give the alarm and
ward off destruction. This fendsh
something called 1.-THE Times would
| steal upon the watch on the outer WALL and
while the Nation sleeps in peace, brain him with
n bludgeon. Let the scoffer who writes these
, revengeful philippics against men, now enfeebled
by age and disease. who gave the strength of
stalwart youth buwark against an army of
instruction that would have swept away North
ern homes and cities, stand forth. Let him but
make himself known and we will wager that the
frailest survivor of the war-now sustained by
, the muniicence of a dollar a month pension
, will reply TO The writer in The Times in such a
way that his copperhead carcass will not be rec
ognizable by his boon companions.
This is then. the full Towering of the Democ-
racy and reform The towards and sneaks who
> | harassed our homes terrifying old women and
children, have. after twenty years basking in
the sun of peace and security, come to the front
Under the protecting agis of Cleveland and his
q | veto here the seed-pods of treason, burst
: and scattered broadcast by the foul winds of ar
. impersonal newspaper to find Judgment ir
4 youths receptive mind at unnumbered fire
. | sides
Shall this not be named treasonq The firing
upon Sumter was by an open foe. This one il
insidious, dastardly, sneakiug and hard t.
: | meet.
{ We repeat that it is high time public prints b'
made accountable AS individuals are accountable
, | Such repulsive and dangerous illusions as WI
q have quoted should 90 forth, if at ALL with TIT
9 credentials Of the John Smith" who wrot,
them, not protected by the cloak of great com
mercial enterprises corporation influential be
l. cause money is powerful.
l. The man who wrote this vtuperative attacl
10 upon veterans may be blear-eyed, beer bloatet
n debauchee. hired to do dirty work murdere
D. is padswith price. He writes his hellsh orgies
1t no doubt, in the middle of the night fresh from
c. nocturnal carousals and stimulated with cheal
whisky. His name if disclosed would not b
good for glass of beer and known to few ou'
side the brothels he frequents.
It would be the right thing for the Gran
~ Army of the Republic. grossly assaulted by thi
= Chicago paper, to unite upon little campaign c
repression and disinfection No man who eve
shot traitors in defense of the Union ought (
y allow the contamination of his home by TIL
70 putrescence of apprehension exhumed. Th
:. old soldier should surely have further use fe
al this vile buzzard. reekng and sinking, wit
s. bloated gluttony upon the rotten resurrection
n anti-war Democracy. Make it forever contr
D. band and brand it that its hateful servile ire
lie son may not vitiate the healthful opinion Of CT
le youth.
h SELF-WILLED NINA.
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